The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-15
A DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
A Sick Mans Vile Disregards The Druggists
,. Advice and So Saves The Life Of
~ Her Husband.

out Of my line to write letters; but my
wife thought it was no more than right
that should let you know what your
remedy has done for me, and think
so too.
live in East 157th street. west of
Third avenue, and have lived there for
about twenty-three years, where own
real estate. Up to the time l am'about
to mention / had been a strong, well
man. There was always more or less
malaria in the neighborhood, but had
not personally suffered from it. 1t was
in 1880 l had my first attack. 1t came
on as such attacks commonly do, with
headaches, loss Of appetite and ambi-
ton, chilly sensations with slight fevsY
afterwards, disposition to yawn and
stretch, and so forth. was employed
at that time at Killians g. Brothers,
furniture manufacturers, in West SD
street. hoped the attack would wear
off, but as it didn't l consulted a we'll
known and able physician in Morris
ania, who gave me quinine and told me
what to do. l can sum up the first four
and a half or five years Of my expert
ence in few words. Occasionally l
was laid up for a day or two, but on
the whole l stuck to my work. l kept
taking quinine, in larger doses from
year to year, and kept on getting weak
er and worse, slowly but surely, all the
time. My trouble was now we'll de-
fined and its symptoms were steady and
regular. had dumb ague in its worst
form, and it was grinding me down in
spite of all that l could do or the doc
tors could do. 1t held me in a grip like
fire in a burning coal mine. The poison
had gone all through and over me and
nothing was able to touch it. l was
fast losing flesh and strength, and about
March, 1884, | knocked off work entire
ly and went home to be down sick, and
to die for all | could tell. Iran down so
rapidly that / soon became unable to
walk any distance. Later went from
room to room in my own house only by
friends holdingme up by each arm. The
doses of quinine were increased until I
often took thirty grains at dose. The
effects of this tremendous stimulation
was to make me nearly wild. 1t broke
my sleep all up, and often walked the
floor, or staggered about it, all night
long, scarcely able to bear any noises
or even human speech My temper
was extremely irritable. As to food,
one of my little children would eat
more in meal than ! could in a dav.
would order food and then turn from
it in disgust | lived on qunine and
other stimulants and on nlgSelt like a
bear in winter, The quinine set my
head in whirl, and the Gquor-giveN
as medicine-made my stomach so
sick l could not tolerate it. e..
From l75 pounds (my proper weightl
ran down to 81 pounds weighs
Of light girl-and was scarcely better
than a skeleton.
# dmybody had taken a hatchet and
= Knocked me DOM and killed me / should
haze been better off,
During the latter part of this period,
early in 1886, my physician said:
miller, there's no use in my taking
any more money of you, can't do you
any good. l might pour pounds of qui-
nine down your throat and it wouldn't
help you.
On the strength of this I gave up the
use Of quinine altogether, and made up
my mind to do nothing more and take
say chances.
Three weeks afterwards-about the
last of May-my wife saw an advertise
ment of Kaskine in a New York paper.
She told me of it. | said "Stuff and
nonsense! it can't do me any good"
But she went to a druggists, neverthe-
less, to get it. The druggist advised
her against Kaskine: he said it was
nothing but sugar; that she ought not
TO throw away her money on it, &C.
He said he didn't keep it, but could get
it if she insisted on having it. Turn
ing away in disgust my wife spoke to
our neighbor, Mr.. A. G.. Hegewald,
Who got her a bottle at drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my will, and without
the least faith, l began takingit. In
one week | was better. ! began tC
sleep. | stopped seeing ghosts"
began to have an appetite and to gain
strength. This was now the first Of
June 1886, and by the end of thai
month | was back at my bench at @. P
Smiths scroll saving factory in 116tI
street, where / work now.
Since then | have never lost day
from sickness. Taking Kaskine only
about forty pellets in four equal doses
day, l continued to gain The ma
laria appeared to be killed in my sys
tenn, and now I've got back my ole
weight-175 pounds-and my ole
strength to labor. am an astonish
ment to myself and to my friends, anC
If Kaskine did not do this don't know
what did. The only greater thing |
could do would be to bring a dead NAL
to life. FREDERICK A. MILLER,
$50 East 157th Street New York
P. S.-For the absolute truth of tn
above statement refer to the following
gentlemen, who are personally &C
quainted with the facts: Mr. Alex
ander Weir, 626 l56th St; Mr. Georg
Seaman, 158th street and CORTLAND
avenue; Mr.. A. Moebus, l54th stree
and Courtlandt avenue; Mr., P, +
Vaupel l54th street and CORTLAND
avenue; Mr.. John Lunny, $50 Ea'
158th street, Mr.. John Renshaw, II
125th street, and many others, l wi
also reply to letters of inquiry.
We submit that the above astonisl
ing cure, vouched for as it is by rep
table men, is deserving of a thoroug
and candid investigation by thinkin
people. And we further submit TIL
when druggists turn away custome
by falsifying the character OF renee
because they do not happen to have
on hand, they do a great wrong. :,
this afflicted man had not disregard,
the druggists advice and sent els
where for the remedy he would witbS
doubt have been in his grave.
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